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Definition of 'clone'

noun

A person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer, dead ringer, clone]

noun

A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction [syn: clone, clon]

noun

An unauthorized copy or imitation [syn: knockoff, clone]

verb

Make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays"

From: GCIDE

clone \clone\ (kl[=o]n), n.
1. (Biol.) a group of organisms derived from a single individual by some kind of asexual reproduction; -- used mostly of microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast.
Syn: clon. [WordNet 1.5]
2. (Biol.) an individual organism containing a genetic complement identical to that of another organism, produced by using the genetic material from the second animal in a non-sexual reproduction process. [PJC]
3. something virtually identical to another object. [PJC]

From: GCIDE

clone \clone\ v. t.
1. (Biol.) to make a clone from; to make identical copies of an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction. [WordNet 1.5]
2. (Microbiol.) to grow colonies of a microorganism by spreading a suspension of the microorganism onto a solid growth medium (such as in a Petri dish), at a concentration such that individual colonies will grow from single cells sufficiently well separated from other colonies so that pure cultures derived from a single organism can be isolated. [WordNet 1.5]
3. (Biochem.) to make large quantities of a segment of DNA by inserting it, using biochemical techniques, into the DNA of a microorganism, and growing that microorganism in large numbers; as, to clone the gene for growth hormone. [PJC]